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Show Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. incur the penalty. I ·will go to the ·Late's prison, rather than have any poor Yictin1 torn fron1 my house, to b carri cl hack to f'la ,~cry. ' rrhc noble heart! The braYC heart! The tear.· are in lllY eyes while I \\Trite of her. ~lay n:c Gotl of the helpless rc1rarcl her for her ~yu1pathy 1v1th 1ny persecn Led people! I 1ra. f'Cnt into New England, \vhcre I was sheltered by the wife of a senaLor, \YhOJn 1 .·hall always hold in crrateful rcn1eu1brance. ~'his honoraLle gentlen1an ~voulcl not have Yotcd for the Fugitive SlaYc Ln:w, as did the senator in "Uncle To1n's Cabin;'' on the contrary, he was strongly opposed to it; but he \vas enough under its influence to be afraid of hn ving 1ne rmnain in his house n1any hours. So I \vas sent into the country, \Yhcre I rcn1aincd a n1onth with the baby. When it -was , npposcd that Dr. Flint's 01nissarics had lost track of n1c, anc1 gi von up the pursuit for the present, I returned. to New York. ~ . Free at Laft. 293 XLI. FllEE .AT' LA ,T. Mn . BnucE, and every 1nmnher of her fan1ily, were exceedingly kin<l to 1ne. 1 was thankful for tbc Llu .. ·iugs of my lot, yet l could not always wear a cheerful countenance. I \vas doing harm to no one; on the contraty, I wa Joing all the good I could in n1y small \vay ; yet I could nC\'er go out. to breathe Gocl's free air \vithout trepidation at 1ny heart. This ·corned hard ; and I could. not think it was a right state of things in any civilized country. Prom tin1c to tirnc 1 received news frmn 1ny good old granun1other. She coulJ not write; but she enlployed others to write for her. The following is au extract fro1n one of her la.'t letters:- "Dear Daughter : I cannot hope to sec you a o·ain on earth; but I pray to God to unite u. aboYe, where pain ,vill no more rack thi feeble body of 1nine; ·where sorrow and parting frmn rny children will be no more. GoJ has pro1niscd these thing. if we arc faithful unto the end. ~ly age and fcol>lc hoalLh d priYe n1e of going to church now ; but Gall is with n1o h~rc at ho1ne. Thank your brother for his kindness. G1Ye much love to hi1n, and tell hin1 to renrcinbor the Creator in tlte days of his youth, and trive to n10ot me in the Father's kingdon1. I..~ore to Ellen and I3oniatnin. J)oll 't neglect hi1n. Tell hin1 for 1ne, to be ,a ~ood boy. ~lriYc, nly chil,l, to Lruin thOln for Gou s '.)..,. .o. * |